DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

OFFICE OF FREEDOMOF INFORMATION

1155 DEFENSE PENTAGON
WASHINGTON, DC 20301-1155

2 5 JAN 20C3
Ref: 06-F-1532

Mr. David Barstow

Dear Mr. Barstow:

Enclosed is an interim release of material in response to your April 28,2006,

Freedom of Information Act request, as modified by your letter dated February 13,2007.

The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Public Affairs (OASD (PA)),
has provided the enclosed documents as responsive to your request. These 501 pages of
Miss Tara Jones' e-mails have been 'Bates Stamped' from 1200 to 1700 to assist you in
reviewing this response. This Office continues to process Miss Jones' emails which are
responsive to your request, and these will continue to be provided to you upon
completion of our review.

Ms. Allison Barber, an Initial Denial Authority for the OASD (PA), has
determined that some of the redacted information is exempt from release because it
pertains to internal matters of a relatively trivial nature that do not shed significant light
on an agency personnel rule or practice. In this instance,the redacted information
consists of non-public Department of Defense @OD) telephone and room numbers.
Additionally, portions of the withheld information are specifically exempted by 10
U.S.C. 5 130b, which applies to personally identifiable information of personnel in
overseas. sensitive or routinelv deolovable rositions. Other deleted information e x e m t
fromrel&e pertains to certain inter-or &a-agency communicationsprotected by the
deliberative process privilege. Finally, some information is withheld because release
would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of the personal privacy of individuals.
The redacted information under this exemption consists primarily of homele-mail
addresses, social security numbers and personally identifying information of DoD
personnel. It has been DoD ~ o l i c to
v withhold lists of names and other ~ersonallv
identifying information of D ~ <ersounel
D since the President declared ;national-
emergency following the terrorist attacks on the United States in 2001. Consequently,
this information is denied pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 6 552@)(2)(low),(M3).m 5 ) and (W6).
As you requested,we are providing the information to you in hard copy and on the
enclosed compact disk.

Sincerely,

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Will Kammer
Chief

Enclosures:
As stated